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Cargo Flight Launches a Vital Link in the Ebola Response Effort

MIT Supply Chain

The other members of the consortium are the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which leads the current initiative, the Boston Children’s Hospital, Avenir Analytics, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The 63 metric ton air shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitation supplies valued at some $1.8

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St. Patrick’s Day is an Excellent Time for Supply Chains to Think Green

Enterra Insights

” And, most experts agree that “every part of the business” includes everything from resource procurement to recycling. Translating corporate targets into specific team goals and building them into each function’s performance metrics helps embed sustainability into regular workflows.” ”[7]. .”

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High-Tech Nation: How Technological Innovation Shapes America’s 435 Congressional Districts

GlobalTranz

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. Internet of Things, smart cities, etc.);

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21 logistics experts share the most important ingredients in developing an effective logistics strategy

6 River Systems

This way, the client and the operator are completely on the same page (even up to being on the same line of the page) regarding crucial details like goods being dispatched, warehouse goods procurement and delivery at arranged destinations. It builds critical resilience into the logistics process, eradicating manual interference.